GLAAD - Cardinal Francis Georgehttp://www.glaad.org/tags/cardinal-francis-george
enCardinal George as Commentatorhttp://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-commentator
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img class="media-image media-image-right" id="2" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;;" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/cardinalGeorge_0809.jpg?itok=kajPMiaS" alt="" />In an interview with the&nbsp;<em>Chicago Sun-Times</em>' Mark Brown, <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/catholics-respond-cardinal-georges-defamatory-comparison">Cardinal Francis George</a> makes repeated attempts to frame marriage equality as irrational. &nbsp;He makes arguments about marriage being geared toward the optional element of children, about men and women being different, about what he sees as the state's proper role, and more. &nbsp;And all of it, the Cardinal argues, comes from his rational core before it comes from his faith life. &nbsp;</p>
<p>The Cardinals full comments can be found at link:&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/22217460-452/brown-cardinal-george-says-same-sex-marriage-is-irrational.html">Mark Brown: Cardinal George says same-sex marriage is irrationa</a>l [Chicago Sun-Times]</p>
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<p>The columnist, Brown, does a good job picking apart the flaws in George's reasoning and makes it clear that he himself supports equality. &nbsp;In fact, I'm confident there are far more readers who will come away from the piece having good feelings about civil marriage equality than there are ones who will be swayed by the faith leader's attempt to position loving same-sex couples as at war with rationality. &nbsp;His failure to acknowledge the living, breathing LGBT human beings who do, in fact, live, love, and pay taxes both in Illinois and around the world is nothing short of disrespectful, and his apparent lack of need to find room or posit any kind of workable solution is wholly unsustainable. &nbsp;The Cardinal's words only highlight the harsh truths that are defeating the anti-equality movement.</p>
<p><img class="media-image media-image-left" height="200" id="2" style="height: 200px; width: 200px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;;" width="200" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images_42.jpg?itok=VbX3zZK8" alt="" />But while I have no problem with (and in fact <em>like</em>) how this mainstream media column played out, I do have to wonder what role is served by a Roman Catholic leader who himself says that his comments are not coming from his faith. &nbsp;I mean, leading with his faith should be why the Cardinal is in the news at all. &nbsp;When he and bishops across the country come out against civil marriage equality, theirs is a fight in which they position their particular doctrinal theology against what they see as the limitations of the state. &nbsp;While many of us making the pertinent constitutional arguments resist what we often see as an unfair overreach, at least we understand where they are coming from. &nbsp;We at least get that they are attempting to speak as a representative voice of a particular denominational view, regardless of how few or many adherents to that church's teachings themselves support the view (<strong>reminder</strong>: everyday Catholics <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/catholic-support-marriage-equality-higher-national-average">support civil marriage equality in outsized numbers</a>).</p>
<p>So when a faith leader like Cardinal George explicitly says that he is speaking more as a "rational thinker" than as a faith leader (“<em>This is first of all a rational issue before it’s a faith issue</em>"), I have to wonder where he even falls on the scale of punditry. &nbsp;This is someone who is, per his life calling, bound more to the Roman Catholic hierarchy's interpretation of canonical law than he is to any civil policy found on Earth. &nbsp;As a dedicated Roman Catholic, he takes strong vows and even stronger stands that proudly challenge highly popular culture customs and mores (contraception sticks out as a big one) and makes certain decrees directed primarily to his flock. &nbsp;This is his role. &nbsp;People choose whether or not they believe in the same thing Cardinal George believes, and citizens, acting on their own volition, decide if his eternal view is the lighthouse toward which they choose to steer their eternal boats. &nbsp;Sometimes this involves speaking to the press about matters of faith and why they matter.</p>
<p>But when the Cardinal plays the role of the civil law scholar? &nbsp;When he acts out the role of political pragmatist? &nbsp;When he speaks to a journalist in a way that his suggests his studied opinions do not rely on the deep religiosity to which he has dedicated his life? &nbsp;Well, that's when the whole thing starts to break down. &nbsp;If Cardinal George, who took his vow to the priesthood a full fifty years ago, is not appealing to his theological training, why should we accept his opinions as holding any greater weight? &nbsp;Or at the very least, why should we accept his opinions as holding <em>as much weight </em>as someone who has dedicated his or her life to an objective understanding of civil law that is predicated on its separation from any one church teaching? &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Those on the other side who wanted to dismiss my questions would accuse me of "attacking faith." &nbsp;The truth, however, is that this is a pertinent question for people who hold <em>deep respect</em> for faith. &nbsp;While I might disagree, and strongly, with any number of Cardinal George's faith-driven teachings, I respect that they come from his religious understanding. I, as a strong supporter of America's religious freedom protections, would fight for his (or any other) faith leader's right to express them, in press or otherwise. &nbsp;</p>
<p>But respecting Cardinal George's faith goes both ways. &nbsp;If I am to respect that this man is trained on biblical matters and feels tasked with shaping the world through his theological prism, then he must acknowledge that this is, in fact, the prism that colors his every word. &nbsp;When he strays outside of it, he loses his credibility.&nbsp;</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">September 3, 2013</span></div></div></div>
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Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:20:54 +0000jeremyhooper67875 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-commentator#commentsWhat's Cardinal George really en'COURAGE'ing? Illinois media should ask.http://www.glaad.org/blog/whats-cardinal-george-really-encourageing-illinois-media-should-ask
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img class="media-image" height="134" id="2" style="height: 134px; width: 150px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;;;;" width="150" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CardinalGeorge.jpeg?itok=hih5ldwl" alt="" />Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is getting much media attention for a letter to parishioners <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/118667447/SSM-Letter-Bulletins01012013">in which he condemns civil marriage equality for same-gender couples in the state of Illinois</a>. &nbsp;But there's another element to this story that deserves the same amount of media attention—an element that shows, yet again, how much beyond the matter of marriage itself the other side's activism can and does go.</p>
<p>After talking about the damage civil marriage equality will supposedly bring to the Land of Lincoln, Cardinal George concludes <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/118667447/SSM-Letter-Bulletins01012013">his letter</a> with the suggestion for supporters to visit ILCatholic.org. &nbsp;On that site, the local Catholic Conference is pushing a so-called "marriage toolkit." &nbsp;And in that toolkit, one will find this advice for "those who experience same-sex attraction":</p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="587" id="3" style="height: 587px; width: 420px; ;;;;;;;;" width="420" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/1200px/public/Screen%20Shot%202013-01-02%20at%209.22.42%20AM.png?itok=UdWzX-yk" alt="" /></p>
<p>[SOURCE:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ilcatholic.org/cardinal-george-writes-letter-to-parishioners-on-redefinition-of-marriage-legislation/">ILCatholic.org</a>]</p>
<p>You might be aware of Courage, an organization that <a href="http://www.glaad.org/tags/courage">GLAAD has touched on several times</a> in the recent past. &nbsp;This is a Catholic organzation that has one and only goal: to tell LGBT people that our lives are built toward celibacy. &nbsp;Rather than take the more evangelical approach that says gays can be prayed or therapized into "change," this Courage outfit simply tells LGBT people that chastity is our godly calling. &nbsp;They don't really deny that we are geared a certain way—they simply tell us to stifle it.</p>
<p>This, a goal that instructs millions of men and women to shut off their biologial attractions, goes well beyond the matter of civil marriage. &nbsp;It's one thing to debate civil rights, which the Illinois legislature will begin doing any day now. &nbsp;Sure, it offends many of us to watch LGBT people's deserved civil rights go up before a public back-and-forth. &nbsp;However, if the opposition movement takes it all a step further and insists on debating whether or not we LGBT people <strong>should even be living as LGBT people in the first place</strong>? &nbsp;Well that is much deeper. &nbsp;That is much worse. &nbsp;And sadly, <em>that</em> is what &nbsp;the Illinois Catholic conference and media-friendly champions like Cardinal George are positing.</p>
<p>It is important to send a reminder that the opposition from the Roman Catholic hierarchy&nbsp;<a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/american-catholics-support-marriage-equality-despite-church-position">does not represent Catholic people</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://publicreligion.org/research/2011/03/for-catholics-open-attitudes-on-gay-issues/">Over 70% of everyday Catholic people support LGBT equality</a>, including marriage equality. Numerous LGBT Catholic Organizations like the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.glaad.org/news/pro-lgbt-catholics-call-church-koc-sever-ties-nom">Equally Blessed Coalition</a>&nbsp;have been working consistently to send a voice of Catholic inclusion. And there are Catholic denominations who do not agree with the Roman Catholic hiearchy on LGBT equality. Voices like Cardinal George may garner media attention, but they do not tell the whole story of LGBT people and Catholicism.</p>
<p>With Illinois opening up the marriage debate, it is the <em>perfect</em> time for local media outlets to look a little more closely at what the opposition movement is saying about us. &nbsp;We have <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/illinois-laurie-higgins">Laurie Higgins</a> and <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/illinois-david-smith">David Smith</a> operating out of their Illinois Family Institute offices with <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/illinois-david-smith">bodies of</a> <a href="http://www.glaad.org/cap/illinois-laurie-higgins">rhetoric</a> that condemn every fiber of LGBT people's beings. &nbsp;We have Cardinal George, a public figure who has gone so far as <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-apologizes-anti-gay-comparison">to liken the LGBT rights movement's potentiality to that of the KKK</a>, a gross and inflamatory statement for which he has had to <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-apologizes-anti-gay-comparison">issue an apology</a>. &nbsp;And now we have Cardinal George's promoted Catholic conference pushing an admitted endgame that casts LGBT people into loveless lives where innate atttractions are not to extend beyond friendships. &nbsp;</p>
<p>We are not making this up—<em>they</em> are saying it! &nbsp;It's time to hold these spokespeople and groups accountable for the clearly-stated suggestions that they themselves are putting on the table. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">January 2, 2013</span></div></div></div>
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<li class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/cardinal-francis-george">Cardinal Francis George</a>, </li>
<li class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/glaadcap-0">#glaadcap</a>, </li>
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:48:09 +0000jeremyhooper61126 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/whats-cardinal-george-really-encourageing-illinois-media-should-ask#commentsRoman Catholic Leaders Continue to Oppose Equality for LGBT Peoplehttp://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholic-leaders-continue-oppose-equality-lgbt-people
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Many members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy have long held positions that denied equality to LGBT people, even while stating that they respect the humanity and dignity of all people. Comments by several prominent leaders make it hard to believe that they truly respect the rights or conscience of those who disagree with their anti-equality beliefs.</p>
<p><img class="media-image" height="181" id="25" style="margin: 5px; float: left;;;;" width="181" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Cordileone.jpg?itok=p5AFMI32" alt="" />Gay and lesbian Roman Catholics in San Francisco are concerned after Pope Benedict XVI announced recently that <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-san-francisco-archbishop-20120923,0,1881102.story">Salvatore Cordileone will be the next leader of the Catholic Church in San Francisco</a>, as well as the neighboring San Mateo and Marin counties. <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/154573/prop-8-architect-set-to-take-over-as-sf-archbishop.html">Cordileone is best known as one of the “architects” of Proposition 8</a>, which succeeded in banning marriage equality in California with the help of unmatched support from both the Roman Catholic and Mormon Churches. Cordileone has been outspoken in his belief that gay men and lesbians who are not celibate should be denied communion, calling relationships between people of the same gender a “misuse [of] the gift of sexuality.” He also ascribes to the principles outlined by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI, who wrote in a 1986 letter that attraction to people of the same gender is “a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil.” Most recently, Cordileone has been applying pressure for members of <a href="http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&amp;article=67855">Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministry to sign an invasive loyalty oath</a>. Ernest Camisa, spokesman for Dignity/San Francisco, worries that Cordileone was placed in San Francisco in order to influence city politics against LGBT equality.</p>
<p>In related news, many Roman Catholics are dismayed to see Cardinal Francis George once again in the news for making untruthful public statements about LGBT people. Earlier this year, Cardinal George <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholics-continue-organize-after-cardinal-georges-anti-gay-comments">came under fire for comparing the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan</a>, a statement for which he was eventually <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-apologizes-anti-gay-comparison">forced to apologize</a>. Now he is back in the news for a speech in which he alludes to <a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/09/23/cardinal-george-society-will-be-the-worse-for-it-if-gay-marriage-legalized/">relationships between people of the same gender as merely friendships</a>, saying “There must surely be ways in our civil society, where we can honor friendships, where we can respect other people, without destroying the nature of marriage.” <a href="http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/catholic-cardinal-gay-marriage-not-marriage-just-friends-with-benefits/marriage/2012/09/24/49616">Cardinal George then goes on to claim</a> that, “while civil laws might change – if they do – then society will be the worse for it.” Equality Illinois released a statement addressing Cardinal George’s comments. Randy Hannig, Equality Illinois’ Director of Public Policy states:</p>
<blockquote><p style="margin-left:.25in;">Just as marriage equality will not impose any requirement on any religion, Cardinal George should not continue to urge that his singular vision of marriage be embodied in civil law to be imposed on everyone else […]Numerous faith leaders and other religious practices recognize the right of lesbian and gay people to marry, yet the cardinal argues that his belief supersedes what other religions should be able to practice and should continue to be embodied in secular law</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, Seattle’s Archbishop, J. Peter Sartain appears to agree with Cardinal George. He recently <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2012/09/sartain.html#ixzz27Q5s9yPF">released a four minute video</a> in which he claims that, “should marriage be redefined in our state the very foundational nature of marriage for the good and strength of human society would be harmed beyond repair."</p>
<p>Legalizing marriage equality does not force the Roman Catholic Church to perform weddings. While it is true that members of the church hierarchy oppose marriage equality, they are clearly out of step with the <a href="http://publicreligion.org/research/2011/03/for-catholics-open-attitudes-on-gay-issues/">vast majority of Catholics who support LGBT people</a>. Many other religious groups are supportive of marriage equality and full acceptance of LGBT people. For a sampling of LGBT faith organizations, see GLAAD’s <a href="http://www.glaad.org/programs/faith">Religion, Faith, &amp; Values page</a> or contact <a href="mailto:faith@glaad.org">faith@glaad.org</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">September 24, 2012</span></div></div></div>
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Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:41:19 +0000miriamlazewatsky59549 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/roman-catholic-leaders-continue-oppose-equality-lgbt-people#commentsLGBT and Affirming Faith Communities Prominent in Chicago Pride Paradehttp://www.glaad.org/blog/lgbt-and-affirming-faith-communities-prominent-chicago-pride-parade
<div class="field field-name-field-blog-featured field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><br><img class="media-image" height="200" id="2" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 200px;" width="200" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Logo%202012%20Pride%20use.jpg?itok=jfMg5zZe" alt="" />Chicago area LGBT-affirming faith groups are slated to be one of the lead contingents in the 2012 Pride Parade taking place on Sunday, June 24.&nbsp; The Pride Parade organizers agreed to a request from the <a href="http://www.chicagowelcomingchurches.org/">Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches</a> (CCWC) and <a href="http://www.dignity-chicago.org/">Dignity/Chicago</a> that all faith-based groups march together in a prominent position of the parade in order to give attention to the pro-LGBT work that is being done in faith communities.</p>
<p>The Chicago parade is the largest parade of its kind in the Midwest, and one of the largest in the country and celebrates LGBT pride and speaking as a collective voice advocating for full inclusion and the rights of LGBT persons in our society.</p>
<p>CCWC and Dignity/Chicago were given prominence within the parade after their work in response to <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-compares-gays-kkk-fox-affiliate-re-air-interview-christmas">Cardinal Francis George’s infamous statement of December, 2011 comparing the LGBT community and parade participants to the Ku Klux Klan</a>. During a Christmas interview with local Fox affiliate WFLD, the Cardinal said, "You don't want the gay liberation movement to morph into something like the Ku Klux Klan, demonstrating in the streets against Catholicism."</p>
<p>GLAAD worked with <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/catholics-respond-cardinal-georges-defamatory-comparison">Catholic and welcoming congregations in Chicago to formulate a faith-based response</a> that demonstrated opposition to the Cardinal’s comparison between the LGBT community and the Ku Klux Klan as defamatory and harmful. After several days of public and media pressure, <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/cardinal-george-apologizes-anti-gay-comparison">the Cardinal issued an apology</a>, which has been credited in part to the voices of LGBT Catholics and other faith leaders who sought accountability from him.</p>
<p><img class="media-image" id="2" style="margin: 5px; float: right; width: 413px; height: 217px;" src="http://www.glaad.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/events~~element61_0.jpg?itok=P9PMjrIf" alt="" />It is because of this work that organizations like Dignity, CCWC, and other faith groups have been invited to the front of the parade. “I am thrilled that the parade organizers recognize the value and impact of this collective voice in the LGBT community, speaking the real truth of our lives, families and relationships”, said Chris Pett, President of Dignity Chicago. “This recognition of our role in the community is especially meaningful as Dignity/Chicago celebrates its 40th year of service to LGBT Catholics.”</p>
<p>Parade Coordinator Richard Pfeiffer responded, saying, “The annual parade is a time for affirmation and celebration. It’s a time when the various segments of the LGBT communities can participate and express themselves in the parade. In this case, the faith-based groups are expressing the fact that all of us have value, worth and dignity… and should be treated equally, fairly and with respect.”</p>
<p>GLAAD applauds Dignity, CCWC, and all other faith groups represented in the Chicago Pride Parade. We will continue to work with groups of faith to promote LGBT equality. GLAAD will also be supporting many Pride events around the country visit <a href="http://www.glaad.org/pride">GLAAD’s Pride page</a> for more information.&nbsp;</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">June 20, 2012</span></div></div></div>
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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:42:46 +0000rossmurray58298 at http://www.glaad.orghttp://www.glaad.org/blog/lgbt-and-affirming-faith-communities-prominent-chicago-pride-parade#comments